Dwayne Johnson The Rock

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Birth Name:

Dwayne Douglas Johnson

Birth Place:

Hayward, California, USA

What Ethnicity:

Samoan and African Canadian

The pro-wrestler was born to a Samoan Mother and an African Canadian father. His maternal grandfather was a famous Samoan pro-wrestler named Peter Maivia. His father, dubbed “Soulman” Rocky Johnson was the first African American pro-wrestling champion. The Rock spent some time growing up in New Zealand where he was able to learn about his Pacific Islander heritage.

Source:

http://www.islandconnections.com/edit/dwayne_johnson.htm

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ethnic January 11, 2010 at 2:16 pm: Chris Vailalp was he born in Auckland?

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Chris Vailalp January 11, 2010 at 2:01 pm: Yeah, this guy is samoan, born in auckland. Oh and I’m Samoan aswell. Sole a’e, Palagi ia makua fia poko kele, se a’e.

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dude December 31, 2009 at 10:44 am: lol i could never tell hes the hardest to clasify

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im kira December 30, 2009 at 11:58 am: ha he had plastic surgery to make his pecs smaller:>

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ethnic December 30, 2009 at 11:56 am: I dont know if he can speak Samoan but that would be interesting if he could.

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TYYNNNGNF December 28, 2009 at 1:22 am: I Do not care wat he isz it isz not about the race but he isz very nice lookin nd who ever spoke somoan it is amazing.

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ethnic November 17, 2009 at 2:02 pm: priscilla, thanks for the informative comment.

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priscilla November 17, 2009 at 5:55 am: yes hes african but yall should of already know hes samoan, because he reps his polynesian side alot,when he was on “Be Cool” movie and on the Kids Choice Awards 2009,he did a polynesian performance and all these other stuff. his mom his samoan and his dad is african and canadian and nothin else. you guys are so off, if you thought he was maybe hispanic or wat ever. but polynesians/pacific islanders on the rise, represent form a samoan/portuguese german girl kofa!

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ethnic October 11, 2009 at 2:23 pm: The other part would be Samoan.

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shaye October 11, 2009 at 4:42 am: the man looks black to me but he also looks something else. lol, I was watching game plan yesterday and i gotta admit…the man is fine as hell….

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